Trade and Development & The Fourth IEFS China Annual Conference 2012 (Tianjin, China, June 2-3, 2012)

Organized by the Nankai University and IEFS China

CALL FOR PAPERS

IEFS China

Established in 2008, the International Economics and Finance Society China (IEFS China) aims at supporting research in international economics (including international trade and finance) by promoting the academic exchange among Chinese researchers and researchers across the world, so as to facilitate and enhance collaboration among economists from academies, governments, and industries. In last two years, we have organized two annual conferences in 2009 and 2010, where had Yin-Wong Cheung (UCSC), Fumio Dei (Kobe), Bill Ethier (Penn), Ron Jones (Rochester), Murray Kemp (UNSW), Hong Hwang (NTU), Sam Kortum (Chicago), Nelson Mark (Notre Dame), Sugata Marjit (Centre for Social Studies, India), Paul McNelis (Fordham), Pasquale Sgro (Deakin), Nicolas Schmitt (Simon Fraser), Makoto Yano (Keio), some distinguished scholars such as Eric Bond, Kala Krishna, Keith Maskus, Raymond Riezman, etc. who consistently involve our academic events, and other VIPs there, from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.   

Expected Invited Participants

Joshua Aizenman (UCSC), Charles Engles (Wisconsin), Robert Feenstra (UC Davis), David Greenaway (Nottingham), Peter Neary (Oxford); Daniel Bernhofen (Nottingham), Eric Bond (Vanderbilt), Kenneth Chan (CityU, HK), Georgios Chortareas (Athen, EEFS), Jai-Young Choi (Lamar), Kwan Choi (Iowa State), Mario Crucini (Vanderbilt), K.C. Fung (UCSC), Bharat Hazari (CityU HK), Musu Ignazio (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy), Oleg Itskhoki (Princeton), Jang-Cheon Jin (CUHK), Jin Jang (CUHK), Jiandong Ju (Oklahoma), Kala Krishna (Penn State), Edwin Lai (HKUST), Michael Landesmann (Vienna), Keith Maskus (Colorado at Boulder), Larry Qiu (HKU), John Ries (UBC), Raymond Riezman (Iowa),  Alan Woodland (UNSW), Eden Yu (CityU HK), Zhihao Yu (Carleton), Lex Laixin Zhao (Kobe), Susan Zhu (Michigan State).

(More distinguished scholars are expected to join the conference. An updated list will be made available on the official websites.)

Supporting SSCI Journals

Papers presented at the conference, subject to further refereeing, may be considered for publication in special issue/section in Review of Development Economics. More supporting SSCI journals will be available in the future, while we strongly encourage paper presenters to discuss and/or visit their journal websites. More information will be made available on the official websites.

Submission for Presentation
1. Submissions must be made through the following website: www.iefschina.org.

2. While we prefer papers in their entirety, we also welcome submissions of extended abstracts (400+ words).

3. All papers will be presented in English.

Registration

	Registration fee
Participants from Overseas (including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao)	US$100
Participants from the mainland China (reduced rates for graduate students are available)	RMB¥700
Late registrations (after May 4, 2012)	US$180 /RMB¥1300

Official Websites

Our official websites is: www.iefschina.org. For enquiries, please contact us at iefschina@gmail.com.

IEFS China Conference Coordinator

Prof. Xiaopeng Yin

Department Chair, Department of International Trade, University of International Business and Economics and, Secretary/Treasurer, International Economics and Finance Society China

Tel: (86-10) 6449-3689                   Fax: (86-10) 6449-3042           Email: iefschina@gmail.com

Co-Chairs of Organizing Committee, IEFS China 2012 conference

Prof. Jiadong Tong, Senior Vice President Nankai University Tianjin, China

Prof. Eden Yu, Associate Dean, College of Business City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China

Secretariat of Organizing Committee, IEFS China 2012 conference

Prof. Bowei Zhang, (Secretary General),  zhangbowei@nankai.edu.cn;

Prof. Shen Zhou, (Vice Secretary General), zhoushen@nankai.edu.cn

Prof. Qun Bao, baoqun@yeah.net

Prof. Puyang Sun,  puyangsun@nankai.edu.cn

Prof. Xiaopeng Yin, iefschina@gmail.com